The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2008 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the IIHF World Ranking. Switzerland has not won a medal at a major tournament since a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships, but they came close in 1998, finishing in 4th place.
The Swiss national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3-2 and blanking Canada 2-0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Switzerland has a total of 26,989 players (0.35% of its population). Their coach is Ralph Krueger.
[edit] Rosters
[edit] 2009 World Championship roster
[edit] 2006 Olympic roster
[edit] Olympic record
- 1920 - Finished in 7th place
- 1924 - Finished in 8th place
- 1928 - Won bronze medal
- 1932 - Did not participate
- 1936 - Finished tied in 12th place
- 1948 - Won bronze medal
- 1952 - Finished in 5th place
- 1956 - Finished in 9th place
- 1960 - Did not participate
- 1964 - Finished in 8th place
- 1968 - Did not participate
- 1972 - Finished in 10th place
- 1976 - Finished in 11th place
- 1980 - Did not participate
- 1984 - Did not participate
- 1988 - Finished in 8th place
- 1992 - Finished in 10th place
- 1994 - Did not participate
- 1998 - Did not participate
- 2002 - Finished in 11th place
- 2006 - Finished in 6th place
[edit] European Championship record
- 1910 - Finished in 4th place
- 1911 - Finished in 4th place
- 1912 - Did not participate
- 1922 - Won bronze medal
- 1923 - Finished in 5th place
- 1924 - Won bronze medal
- 1925 - Won bronze medal
- 1926 - Won gold medal
- 1927 - Did not participate
- 1928 - Not ranked
- 1932 - Won bronze medal
[edit] World Championship record
- 1930 - Won bronze medal
- 1931 - Did not participate
- 1933 - Finished tied in 5th place
- 1934 - Finished in 4th place
- 1935 - Won silver medal
- 1937 - Won bronze medal
- 1938 - Finished in 6th place
- 1939 - Won bronze medal
- 1947 - Finished in 4th place
- 1949 - Finished in 5th place
- 1950 - Won bronze medal
- 1951 - Won bronze medal
- 1953 - Won bronze medal
- 1954 - Finished in 7th place
- 1955 - Finished in 8th place
- 1957 - Did not participate
- 1958 - Did not participate
- 1959 - Finished in 12th place
- 1961 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 1962 - Finished in 7th place
- 1963 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1965 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1966 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
- 1967 - Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
- 1969 - Finished in 16th place (2nd in "Pool C")
- 1970 - Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
- 1971 - Finished in 7th place (won "Pool B")
- 1972 - Finished in 6th place
- 1973 - Finished in 13th place (7th in "Pool B")
- 1974 - Finished in 15th place (won "Pool C")
- 1975 - Finished in 9th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1976 - Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
- 1977 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
- 1978 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 1979 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
- 1981 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 1982 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
- 1983 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
- 1985 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1986 - Finished in 9th place (won "Pool B")
- 1987 - Finished in 8th place
- 1989 - Finished in 12th place (4th in "Pool B")
- 1990 - Finished in 9th place (won "Pool B")
- 1991 - Finished in 7th place
- 1992 - Finished in 4th place
- 1993 - Finished in 10th place
- 1994 - Finished in 13th place (won "Pool B")
- 1995 - Finished in 12th place
- 1996 - Finished in 14th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1997 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 1998 - Finished in 4th place
- 1999 - Finished in 8th place
- 2000 - Finished in 6th place
- 2001 - Finished in 9th place
- 2002 - Finished in 9th place
- 2003 - Finished in 8th place
- 2004 - Finished in 8th place
- 2005 - Finished in 8th place
- 2006 - Finished in 9th place
- 2007 - Finished in 8th place
- 2008 - Finished in 7th place
- 2009 - Finished in 9th place
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